Business, international

Driving forces

Article Abstract:

Top managers need to be mentally driven to cope with the difficulties associated with achieving success. However, this coping mechanism leads to counterproductive behaviors. Driven executives tend to ignore opinion other than his and excessively interfere with others' works. Furthermore, they become cold and indifferent. These traits describe persons who refuse to show signs of weakness to achieve his goal of success and to protect his achievements. Eventually, the occurence of crises leaves senior managers unprepared and thus, hurt. To modify their behavior, they must re-evaluate their outlook in life by examining their motivations and weaknesses. Then, they must modify their goals, attitudes, expectations and self-image to allow them to integrate every facet of their personalities. Thereafter, the feedback of others must be considered. Finally, peers and superiors must support executives implement these changes.

Patent remedies

Article Abstract:

The turbulence of the global business environment has given rise to a plethora of business concepts and practices that offer to cure organizational and managerial ills. These remedies may be classified into four: organizational, technical, leadership and strategic. Some of the more popular organizational palliatives are Total Quality Management, organizational restructuring, and 'time compression.' Technical remedies are generally based on the belief that something is better understood by breaking it down to its parts. Two of the better known technical remedies are 'benchmarking' and 'competencies.' Leadership and strategic measures are the least popular among the four types of palliatives. All of these nostrums, however, are flawed because they only address the symptoms while failing to look at the company as a whole entity.

On the prevalence of madness in businessmen

Article Abstract:

Insanity among executives is discussed. Warning signs of mental disorders are identified, including depressive withdrawal and detachment, or excessive extroversion and amoral actions. It has been suggested that the incidence of mental disorders is higher than average among business executives because of the excessive pressures they contend with daily. It is also possible that the line between the gifted eccentric and the dangerous psychotic is not easily drawn.